Anatek SMP16 MIDI/Audio Patchbay

E&MM's latest piece of MIDI software is a program that intercepts MIDI communication between instruments and displays it on a computer monitor for all to see. Introduction by Jay Chapman.

Ever wished you could store and recall all the control settings, sounds, drum patterns and sequences used for a song in one fell swoop? Martin Russ turns fantasy into reality using MIDI’s powerful System Exclusive messages.

Sound Environment Processor

And still they come... more FX units than you can shake a MIDI lead at. Nicholas Rowland zooms in on the latest and tries to spot the difference.

Part 5. The adventure continues - the master of MIDI manipulations, Martin Russ, does the time warp!

Dealer of the Month

"There's No Need to Read the Small Print so Just Sign Here, Ok?"

the ins and outs of music-biz contracts

News on the forthcoming invasion of MSX home computers, the International MIDI Association, the Decillionix system and the Kurzweil digital keyboard.

Simple ways to chording

Ace Argent drummer — hopefully to be contributing to IM in the future - talks about his approach to drumming.

Gossip, chit-chat, bitching and backchat from the 'Biz. It's all here

Some words of undeniable wisdom from producer Chris Porter play you gently out of the mag this month.

Digital Sampler

In the final instalment of this three-part review, Simon Trask takes a look at the most important aspect of Roland's super sampler - the sampling itself.

By Dave Gregory, XTC.

Why buy a sampler when you already have one? If you own an Atari ST then you possess one of the major components of any sampling instrument - the memory. With the ADAP1 Soundrack software and processing units your ST can be transformed into a MIDI sampler and powerful post-production tool. David Mellor reports.

Bob Dormon's effects tutorials conclude with a look at multi-effects units

The question "can computers write music" has never been more important than it is in 1989; what is an algorithmic composition program, and will it ever replace the human composer? Ian Waugh composes himself.

news from the front

new gear releases

Software for the Atari ST

Music by design?

preview for the Commodore

It's a knockout with Stewart/Hall

System Exclusive Orchestrator

If you have a large number of disorganised patches and an unruly MIDI network, then Xor is made for you. It is designed to make sound management and working with MIDI instruments easier. Martin Russ finds out if the claims are true.

Whether you like his music or not, nobody can knock Paul McCartney's achievements as the world's most successful songwriter. In a rare interview he talks to Patrick Humphries about the music, recordings and personalities that combined to produce his first solo album for three years - 'Press To Play'.